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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “tidal” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

61 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
tidal6451644(None) 
nidal65217101nidal
tical76021491tical
binal75323822binal
bridal9511452bridal
cotidal1038462cotidal
dal47554952__dal
dedal75719022dedal
dial55935062di_al
final83922032final
hadal95518122hadal
ideal65716392_ideal
idol56818632_idol
idyl85912302_idyl
lidar6312722lidar
medal86221332medal
modal85919242modal
nival84915772nival
nodal64717792nodal
pedal86022502pedal
pial65636702pi_al
pibal95217322pibal
pical95524372pical
pipal95118352pipal
rial45938092ri_al
rival85216502rival
riyal84413432riyal
sial45938832si_al
sisal54217732sisal
tamal73522622tamal
teal45546502t_eal
tepal76319582tepal
tibial849842tibial
ticals83214712ticals
tidally1137932tidally
tiddly11308782tiddly
tide55237382tid_e
tided76322512tided
tides64830152tides
tidily102811392tidily
tidy86822422tid_y
til36350262ti__l
tilak91011552tilak
till45941202ti_ll
timbal102510752timbal
tincal83913362tincal
tineal66216162tineal
tirl45029922ti_rl
titan53318172titan
today96416952today
tonal53724302tonal
total55321822total
trial54926352trial
tribal8611132tribal
trinal6516962trinal
tubal75517202tubal
typal105311152typal
vial76731092vi_al
vinal85725812vinal
viral86419592viral
vital84819672vital

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800611.53035163.4
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691611.85996122.1
 
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